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Platinum Plus Limited Edition 9-Color Hand-Pulled Silkscreen Print on Fine Art Paper by Denial Graffiti Street Artist Modern Pop Art. 2020 Signed Limited Edition of 80 Artwork Size 24x18 Platinum Plus by Denial: Financial Icons and Identity Crisis in Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork Platinum Plus is a 2020 hand-pulled silkscreen print by Canadian graffiti and pop artist Denial, created in a signed limited edition of 80. Measuring 24 x 18 inches, this nine-color artwork is printed on fine art paper and boldly juxtaposes the visual identity of consumer banking with emotional expression and symbolic critique. Set against the form of a Bank of America Platinum Plus Visa card, the piece features a blonde woman draped in the American flag with her face seductively tilted and eyes closed. The credit card’s numbers and logos remain visible, as does the name Mary E. Jane, tying the visual commentary to themes of consumption, patriotism, and societal projection. The work stands as a charged example of Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork, where everyday corporate imagery is recontextualized to expose the surreal intersections between money, power, identity, and desire. Consumerism as Character Design Denial transforms the sterile design of a credit card into a visual battlefield of emotion, nationhood, and critique. The background is a direct replica of a platinum credit card, complete with issuer branding and typographic data, grounding the piece in the iconography of American capitalism. At the forefront, however, is a woman painted in a pop comic style, her face covered in the American flag. The use of the stars and stripes over her skin serves as a metaphor for national branding and the commodification of identity, where people themselves become surfaces for advertisement. Her lipstick is hot pink, her nails electric red, and her hair neon yellow—amplified hues that speak to artificial beauty standards and performative femininity. The figure’s sensual pose, coupled with the cold structure of financial documentation, embodies the paradoxes that run deep in Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork. Printmaking Technique and Fine Art Execution This silkscreen was produced using nine individual color separations, which allowed Denial to layer bold, solid inks with precision and clarity. The color saturation remains rich and flat, honoring the aesthetic of vintage commercial printing and comic-style graphics. The use of fine art paper adds weight and texture, positioning the work in a gallery context while retaining the visual urgency of street-level messaging. The edges of each color plane are sharp and deliberate, emphasizing the constructed nature of the piece both visually and conceptually. As part of Denial’s ongoing series of financial and identity-based critiques, Platinum Plus functions as a high-quality physical object and a powerful cultural intervention. Denial’s Sociopolitical Voice Through Branding Subversion Denial, whose real name is Daniel Bombardier, has become a defining voice in North American graffiti and contemporary pop critique. Emerging from the subversive world of sticker bombing and billboard hijacking, Denial now works across multiple mediums while maintaining his commitment to questioning authority, media, and economic control. In Platinum Plus, the artist pulls from a language of corporate aesthetics to question the myths of upward mobility, American exceptionalism, and financial aspiration. The work is both seductive and confrontational—encouraging viewers to examine the ways that financial institutions, advertising, and personal fantasy collide. Within the vocabulary of Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork, Platinum Plus is both a visual satire and an emotional outcry, mapping the price of belonging and the cost of visibility in a world built on credit and control.

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